Olive oil wrapped in gold foil, delicous bottles of wine, fresh local produce and homecooked food. The Foodhall otherwise known as Jim’s is a must when visiting Portlaoise and is the perfect place to rest after a shop in the towns boutiques. If the sun is out then sit and chat with Jim and his friends on the square for lively and friendly conversation or browse the Tynan Gallery upstairs after lunch - currently showing is the Dublin Artist Mary Fallon, beautiful paintings in her exhibition “Food For Thought”. All aspects of this establishment are “gorgeous finds”!
December 19th, 2008
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These lovely soaps are Irish made and smell fab! There packaging is simple and clean and the soaps themselves are kind to your skin. Find them in various stockists around the country and some farmers markets or buy online at http://www.roseacresoaps.com/
December 12th, 2008
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A classy food hall, an art gallery and wine merchants, Green Acres in Wexford has it all. This conceptual venue is a fab combination of art, quality wine and food. A great place to do your shopping and browse on a Saturday or even hire it out for a fun do. A top class “gorgeous find”! Click here for more details.
December 12th, 2008
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Sean and Kieran Murphy started Murphys Ice Cream in Dingle, Co. Kerry in 2000, with the goal of making the best ice cream in the world. In the beginning, the kitchen in the Murphys Ice Cream Dessert House on Strand Street served as their laboratory, and growing ranks of customers joined the quest to create the perfect flavours. Well they have done it and it is great Ice Cream! We also love their blog with quirky writing and fab recipes, another “gorgeous find”! Click here to visit the blog.
December 19th, 2008
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Since designing and creating his own select skincare line just over seven years ago, skincare guru Ole Henriksen has gone from strength to strength and his products and treatments have become renowned world-wide for their effectiveness, their cool eye-catching packaging and their celebrity client list. Find them here:
http://www.aquabeauty.ie
http://www.nueblueriu.com/
http://www.spiritonespa.com
http://www.4Men.ie
Cocoon, Limerick
Harvey Nic’s Dublin
December 22nd, 2008
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Modern and contemporary furniture, Objekt Design Space, is a showcase of International furniture designers from selected European design houses presenting everything unique and beautiful for your home. A bright and colourful “gorgeous find”! Visit the website for more information, click here.
December 12th, 2008
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Nina’a collection of paintings are based on her own design ideas. She paints fabulous shoe paintings giving them a life of their own and a dream like surreal quality. Her work celebrates womens shoes in all their sensual glory. The perfect treat or present for your girlfriends, check her out online, click here. A talented “gorgeous find”!
December 11th, 2008
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Blakes Chocolate is unique in that it is truly 100% organic. It carries the Organic Trust symbol, endorsing the authenticity and integrity of the product. Blakes also carries the Fair-trade Mark, which assures that growers always receive a fair price. Fair-trade Mark Ireland is a small world charity that awards the Mark to products that are purchased on internationally agreed terms.
It scores high on the healthy option scale also, with a very impressive free list. No additives, colourings, preservatives, soya lecithin, emulsifiers or gluten, making it a super choice for coeliacs. Even the packaging of Blakes is environmentally friendly. Handmade and hand wrapped in a specially sealed polypropylene. The outer wrap is recycled also.
All this and it tastes fab! Blakes is stocked nationwide in a variety of retail health food stores, specialist shops, delicatessens, restaurants and gourmet outlets. In the UK and Ireland: Fresh and Wild, Planet Organic, Its a Bagel, Mortons, Mc Cambridges, Donnybrook Fair and Superquinn to name but a few.
December 19th, 2008
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BONZIE is an Independent Irish Fashion Label with romantic vintage Appeal. Often using upcycled clothing, thrifted trinkets and vintage inspired fabric in an artful blend of tattered chic neovictorian,steampunk and deconstructed elements! Based in Waterford and selling online at Etsy check out this fab “gorgeous find” at http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5104063§ion_id=5182919
March 16th, 2009
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Original Compulsive Design is an innovative Irish online vintage design furniture store. They specialise in vintage 20th century design and furniture from 1920’s to 1980’s, concentrating on the 1960’s and 1970’s period. They carry a range of vintage 20th Century design and original pieces of furniture, ceramics, lighting and objects from this vintage design age. A got to have more “gorgeous find”! Click here for more information.
December 11th, 2008
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